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Why you should lose your temper at work
Sometimes. And without throwing anything
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Anger involves a loss of control. But to be effective in the workplace, it needs to be carefully modulated.
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The Economist
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Awareness days are meant to remind people of important causes and desirable behaviour. Among other things, February sees the International Day of Human Fraternity, World Day of Social Justice and – everyone’s favourite until it became a bit too commercialised – World Pulses Day. International Day of Happiness falls in March; you have to wait until November for World Kindness Day.
Anger is far too objectionable to be celebrated with a special day of its own. There is an anger-awareness week in Britain, but the emphasis is on controlling tempers, not giving in to them.
